#al

That’s what I told them. I said any girl who goes to such lengths to preserve her life isn't going to be interested in throwing it away with both hands. And then there’s her family to think of. Her mother, her sister, and all those… cousins. By the way he lingers on the word “cousins,” I can tell he knows that Gale and I don’t share a family tree. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#family

I don't correct her to let her know her backdoor wisdom yanks me deep into another country, where water runs uphill. ↗

— Justin Bog

#literary-fiction #mystery #psychological-suspense #suspense #family

You are the machos, the life, the future of our families. You are all that's left, so you must protect our mothers and grow and do good and have families of your own. I love you. I do. I do. ↗

— Victor Villaseñor

#family #inspirational #integrity #love #family

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. ↗

— Charles M. Schulz

#chocolate #hurt #little #love #need

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#morality #vegetarianism #food

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. ↗

— Calvin Trillin

#about #been #family #found #leftovers

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food ↗

— Hippocrates

#health #medicine #food

Blood may be thicker than water, but it's certainly not as thick as ketchup. Nor does it go as well with French fries. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #blood #crazy #culinary #food

I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?" "Like I said," he said as I unlocked the car, "I'm not so sure that you should go by my example." "Why not?" "Because I have my regrets," he said. "Also, I'm a guy. And guys do different stuff." "Like ride bikes?" I said. "No," he replied. "Like have food fights. And break stuff. And set off firecrackers on people's front porches. And..." "Girls can't set off firecrackers on people's front porches?" "They can," he said... "But they're smart enough not to. That's the difference. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#auden #boys #eli #firecrackers #girls

No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#bird #eden #ever #fall #first